NagiosXI API - GET objects/host is_active parameter

[wbaars]

I think I have found an issue in the NagiosXI API:

When I try to build a limited query, to filter on "is_active", the only working value is "1".
If I enter an other value, such as "0" or "ne:1" I get 0 records back, and there are inactive hosts.
Also when requesting an existing INACTIVE host, the API returns 0 records.

Is this expected behaviour?

Powershell example

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PS S:\> Invoke-RestMethod "https://our.nagios.server/nagiosxi/api/v1/objects/host?apikey=1232314&is_active=ne:1"

recordcount
-----------
0


PS S:\> Invoke-RestMethod "https://our.nagios.server/nagiosxi/api/v1/objects/host?apikey=1232314&is_active=1"

recordcount host
----------- ----
7424         {@{@attributes=; instance_id=1; host_name=win-hostname-example; is_active=1; config_type=1; al...

[scottwilkerson]

Being is_active is just a binary 0 or 1, you should be able to accomplish either of these with

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https://our.nagios.server/nagiosxi/api/v1/objects/host?apikey=1232314&is_active=1

or

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https://our.nagios.server/nagiosxi/api/v1/objects/host?apikey=1232314&is_active=0

[scottwilkerson]

I'm going to retract that......

The is_active field is always 1 because the API will only ever show active items in objects/host
(quite frankly I don't know why we are returning it)

[wbaars]

Thanks for the reply.
Too bad the API only lists active items. It would be nice to also get the inactive items.

I am trying to see if a host already exists in Nagios, and is active or inactive.
If so, when creating a new host via the API it would be nice know if there already is a host with the same name or address (or other field).

[scottwilkerson]

I'll put in a feature request to get it added to the config/host and config/service api

[wbaars]

Thanks. I hope this feature will be added in future release of NagiosXI.

[scottwilkerson]

Thanks. I hope this feature will be added in future release of NagiosXI.

Yep.

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